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| Title | Chet and Dorothy West interview |
| Date of Original | 1993-03-06 |
| Creator | Fisher, Brian
|
| Creator Role | Interviewer; |
| Description | An interview with Chet and Dorothy West for the KPOK Radio-Thon to raise money for the Pioneer Trails Regional Museum. Chet and Dorothy discuss their lives and the history of the Bowman area. The interview contains information on immigrant cars, the Bowman school, and Karnin, North Dakota, a town that does not exist any more. |
| General Subject | People
Education
|
| Subject (LCTGM) | Cities & towns
Interviews
Reminiscing
History
Schools
Janitors
Dance halls
Orchestras
Cooks
Cafeterias
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| Subject (Local) | Sod barns
|
| Personal Name | West, Chet
West, Dorothy
|
| Location | Bowman (N.D.)
|
| Decade | 1990-1999
|
| Item Number | PTRM-2 |
| Format of Original | Audio cassettes
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| Transcription | "Chet and Dorothy West. Chet was 2 yr old when he came may 1908. Grandfather homesteaded south of Bowman by ND-SD state line. Tell of Karnin, SD Bowman, ND in early years. Chet tells of years as janitor of school built in 1917. Basement and 2 upper stories. Had to practice in boiler room as not to disturb classes. Dorothy lived near Chet's family. She cooked at Roosevelt elementary school. He resigned as janitor as he didn't get any raise in pay and did all work alone."—Handwritten on tape. |
| Repository Institution | Pioneer Trails Regional Museum
|
| Credit Line | Pioneer Trails Regional Museum (PTRM-2) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown. |
| Ordering Information | Pioneer Trails Regional Museum
12 First Ave. N.
P. O. Box 78
Bowman, ND 58623
701-523-3600
dpearson@ndsupernet.com |
| Language | English |
| Grant | NHPRC SNAP Grant 2009-2010 NAR10-RC-10062-09 |
| Digital ID | dmPTRM2 |
| Media Standard | MPEG Audio
|
| Duration | 00:32:31 |
| Audio Tracks | 2 track stereo (unmixed)
|
| Data Rate | 128 kbps |